Yahoo fails to keep pay plan details secret — There's even more information now public on the lengths to which Yahoo went to create a compensation program that critics say was aimed at making a takeover bid more costly. — Yahoo had sought to keep the details from being made public …

Time Warner Cable tries metering Internet use — Time Warner Cable starts customer trial with metered Internet access in Texas — NEW YORK (AP) — You're used to paying extra if you use up your cell phone minutes, but will you be willing to pay extra if your home computer goes over its Internet allowance?

Mixx: One Year In, Someone's Dropping the Ball — Mixx.com is a social news site that seems to have everything going for it. It's got more and better features than Digg, it's been integrated into the websites of a healthy list of huge mainstream media properties and, for the developers out there …

Free iPod Touch with Mac Purchase for College Students? — Apple is expected to launch its Back to School promotion tomorrow, and on the eve of its launch, we've learned that Apple is indeed going to be making it their biggest ever. — According to our sources, Apple will be offering a free 8GB iPod Touch …

Facebook Platform Now Open Source: fbOpen Released — As we wrote last week, Facebook is turning parts of its application platform open source, the company announced today. It's available here for download. — This comes a little more than a year after Facebook Platform first launched …

Electronic Device Stirs Unease at Book Fair — LOS ANGELES — Is the electronic book approaching the tipping point? — That topic both energized and unnerved people attending BookExpo America, the publishing and bookselling industry's annual trade show, which ended at the convention center here on Sunday.

NASDAQ quotes go real-time on Google Finance! — Today, we are excited to announce the launch of real-time last sale prices for NASDAQ listed stocks on Google Finance and other Google search properties. Google has partnered with NASDAQ for this pilot program in order to offer users free access to real-time stock quotes.

Phoenix Mars Lander's mission site hacked — With the world's eyes on the latest multimedia streaming straight from Mars, during the weekend the Phoenix Mars Mission's site got hit twice, first by an Ukrainian web site defacer who posted a message at the site's blog, and hours later …

Whatever Happened to UI Consistency? — Although I rather like Windows Vista — I think the amount of Vista nerd rage out there is completely unwarranted — there are areas of Vista I find hugely disappointing. And for my money, nothing is more disapponting than the overall fit and finish of Vista, which is truly abysmal.